Washing-machine



(No Model.)

J. S. JONES.

WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

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UNITED STATES OFFICE.

JAMES SAMUEL JONES, OF ORUTOHFIELD, KENTUCKY.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,891, dated October 20, 188 5 Application filed March 28, 1885. Serial No. 160,448. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES SAMUEL J oNEs, of Grutchfield, in the county of Fulton and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved YVashing-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of my improved washing-machine,taken on line 00 at, Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section taken on line 3/ y in Fig. 1.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, effective, and easily-operated machine for washing clothes.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The drum A, composed of the circular heads a aand the hoop I), attached to the peripheries of the heads, is mounted on a shaft, B, at an angle with the plane of rotation of the said shaft, so that as the shaft is revolved the drum will oscillate. The shaft B is journaled in boxes on the upper edge of a tank, 0, so that the drum A may dip in water contained by the tank and be revolved therein. Below the tank, in the present instance, I place a furnace, D, provided with a grate, c, for supporting the fire underneath the tank to keep the water therein heated; but in some instances the furnace D may be dispensed with, and the water in the tank may be heated by steam-pipes, or it may be heated before being placed in the tanks.

The head a of the drum A is provided with a series of internal ribs, d, and the head a is provided with a series of internal ribs, d, ar ranged at right angles to the ribs d.

WVithin the hoop b, around the interior of the drum A, are arranged buckets or floats e, for elevating water to the upper portion of the drum and discharging it upon the clothes contained by the drum as the drum is revolved.

A number of apertures, f, are formed in the heads of the drum between the buckets e and just within the circle described by their inner edges. These apertures admit water from the tank Oto the interior of the drum A.

The drum is provided with one or more pins, 9, in opposite sides thereof, for separating the clothes as they are allowed to fall from the upper portion of the drum after being carried up by the buckets and the ribs to prevent the clothes from settling down into a solid mass, and to insure the access of the water to all parts of the clothes. The clothes in falling down the inner surfaces of the drum-heads come in contact with the ribs (1 d, and are thereby agitated or rubbed in a manner similar to that of hand'washing.

The shaft 13 is provided with a spur-wheel, E, which is engaged by pinion F, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1,) the said pinion being journaled so as to engage the spur-wheel E, and provided with a crank, G, by which it may be turned. By applying power to the crank Gr the drum A is revolved, the clothes contained therein are agitated and rubbed, and water is poured through them in a manner already described.

A door, H, is provided in one side of the drum A, for introducing the clothes to the drum and for removing them therefrom.

Having thus fully described my invention,.

JAMES SAMUEL JONES.

Witnesses:

JOHN GASKINS, W. B. Gnnws. 

